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Are there advantages to sunflower oil over olive oil? wouldn't be cooking with them, just pouring over pasta. sunflower less saturated fat i noticed
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Great Question: Both sunflower & olive oil have approximately 120 calories per tbsp. Sunflower oils has.
Answered 9/28/2013
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